By: David Schmidt, International Food Information Council Foundation President & CEO   Date: October 16, 2009

Welcome to the new International Food Information Council Foundation Food Insight Blog!  This blog will complement our other educational materials including our Food Insight newsletter to give you a deeper look into the world of food safety, nutrition and health—all with an eye toward science.  On this blog you’ll find the latest on breaking food news, hot topics, the experts take on issues and more.  Over the coming months you’ll see a wide variety of Foundation staff and even guest bloggers writing here.  Our staff brings a wide range of talents and expertise to the table and they're as dialed in to consumer attitudes and trends on food, nutrition and health issues as anyone you'll find.  For more on our staff, please visit our bio page. 

What is the International Food Information Council Foundation?

For those who are new to us, the International Food Information Council Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public education foundation whose mission is to effectively communicate science-based information about health, food safety and nutrition for the public good.  Our work is based on the totality of the science, and we produce educational materials that can be endorsed by the scientific community at large.  We’re supported primarily by the food, beverage and agriculture industries and have a Board of Trustees made up of members from some of those companies as well as the majority representing respected academic  and government institutes from around the country.  The Foundation is unique in that we don’t promote products, lobby, or advocate on behalf of specific companies.  For more questions please refer to our FAQ.

International Food Information Council Foundation & FoodInsight.org Resources

Beyond this blog, we have a lot of great resources that we hope will make our new FoodInsight.org Web site and the Foundation  invaluable to you including:

• A network of respected partners including the American Dietetic Association, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Institute of Food Technologists and many more.
• A media guide full of more than 300 experts that we utilize to communicate the consensus science on the issues (online version coming soon)
• A library of educational videos on our new Food Insight TV channel. 
• The ability to subscribe to RSS feeds tied to the information that interests you most

We’d also love your input on the issues and to hear more what you’d like to read about on this blog.  And of course we hope you register on the Web site, subscribe to the content interests you, and keep checking back for the latest news on food safety, nutrition and health.